Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - Manual (Page 95)

Configuring and Managing RAID
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Deleting Virtual Disks
To delete virtual disks, perform the following steps in the BIOS Configuration
Utility.
NOTE:
You cannot delete a virtual disk during an initialization.
NOTE:
Warning messages are displayed stating the effect of deleting a virtual disk.
Click OK twice to complete the virtual disk deletion.
1 Press to access the VD Mgmt screen.
2 Press to move the cursor to a virtual disk under the Virtual Disks
heading.
3 Press .
The action menu appears.
4 Select Delete VD and press .
5 On the VD Mgmt screen, select Space Allocation to display the amount
of free space available after you delete the virtual disk.
Deleting Disk Groups
You can delete disk groups using the BIOS Configuration Utility. When you
delete a disk group, the utility also removes the virtual disks in that disk group.
To delete disk groups, perform the following steps in the BIOS Configuration
Utility.
1 Press to access the VD Mgmt screen.
2 Press to move the cursor to a disk group under the Virtual Disks
heading.
3 Press .
The action menu displays.
4 Select Delete Disk Group and press .
This deletes the disk group. When you delete a disk group, the remaining
disk groups with higher numbers are automatically renumbered. For
example, if you delete disk group #2, disk group #3 is then automatically
renumbered as disk group #2.
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